Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1943-1946.

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Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1943-1946.

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Topics which arise in the correspondence include: Weisgal's collecting of documentary material for forwarding to Werfel, about developments in Europe with respect to the fate of Jews; Werfel's letter to Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel of New Orleans, about Werfel's self-understanding as a Jew and his relationship to the Catholic Church (Werfel shared a copy with Weisgals); and the possibility of Werfel's contributing to a book that was being published in honor of Chaim Weizmann's 70th birthday.

6 items (7 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Ziff, Reva.

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Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-1977

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Meyer Weisgal (1894-1977) had been the initiator of the idea which eventually led to the Broadway production of the biblical drama The Eternal Road (1937), which was written by Werfel and staged by Max Reinhardt, with music by Kurt Weill; Weisgal had also organized the financing of the production. In the 1940s, Weisgal, an active Zionist, was an aide or secretary to Chaim Weizmann. It is evident from the correspondence that Werfel maintained a friendship with Weisgals, who lived in New York City...